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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 217591" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>A heads up for everyone - I was just watching one of out Aussie morning TV shows and they had some pointers for people using a MySpace or similar web profile. Kids especially, will post stuff that seems to be innocent but can come back to bite them. For example, a kid excited about going away on holidays, announces to everyone exactly when the family is leaving for three weeks' vacation. It's like announcing, "yeah, come by and rob our house now, you will have plenty of time." </p><p></p><p>Other advice was, don't express your strong personal opinions (like the old social rules about what not to talk about at parties - don't mention sex, religion or politics).</p><p></p><p>And also - don't give out your personal information, such as phone number, address, etc. As we all know here, it's so easy to give away information about yourself. A site like this is less likely to attract stalkers, than a site well populated by nubile youth ripe for exploitation. And even we are not as careful as we should be here; so how can we be sure that our children may be innocently leaving themselves wide open for danger? Kids just aren't careful enough. </p><p></p><p>This isn't necessarily a matter of not trusting our children, or of expecting them to be sneaky with their MySpace use, but of simply recognising that they will make mistakes and be too trusting.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 217591, member: 1991"] A heads up for everyone - I was just watching one of out Aussie morning TV shows and they had some pointers for people using a MySpace or similar web profile. Kids especially, will post stuff that seems to be innocent but can come back to bite them. For example, a kid excited about going away on holidays, announces to everyone exactly when the family is leaving for three weeks' vacation. It's like announcing, "yeah, come by and rob our house now, you will have plenty of time." Other advice was, don't express your strong personal opinions (like the old social rules about what not to talk about at parties - don't mention sex, religion or politics). And also - don't give out your personal information, such as phone number, address, etc. As we all know here, it's so easy to give away information about yourself. A site like this is less likely to attract stalkers, than a site well populated by nubile youth ripe for exploitation. And even we are not as careful as we should be here; so how can we be sure that our children may be innocently leaving themselves wide open for danger? Kids just aren't careful enough. This isn't necessarily a matter of not trusting our children, or of expecting them to be sneaky with their MySpace use, but of simply recognising that they will make mistakes and be too trusting. Marg [/QUOTE]
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